How to Install macOS High Sierra in VirtualBox on Windows 10

As much as it sounds hilarious beyond comprehension on why the world’s most innovative company decided to add “High” to Sierra (the predecessor macOS version) it must have taken them a lot of creativity and sleepless nights to come up with that. (if you didn’t know I am being sarcastic btw)

Like really, Apple sounds like one of your older relatives who says “dope” without knowing the multitude of could-be-misunderstood meanings which comes with it.

But aside from all that, High Sierra is not that bad. In the sense Apple hasn’t really changed what has worked well for their macOS users yet they have paid a very close attention to the finer details and idiosyncrasies that have become too stale for us macOS users lately.

It’s not a major upgrade unlike what we first expected it to be of but at least it’s an improvement. So if you want to get macOS High Sierra on your Windows 10 using Virtualbox , then here’s how. 🙂

Note

This guide is using macOS High Sierra 10.13.6 which is the Final version and also the official Apple version.

If you instead don’t want to get High and just want Sierra (the predecessor) then you can always follow this guide.

So what’s new on macOS High Sierra 10.13?

meet VirtualBox

VirtualBox is one tiny, powerful dude, and it is capable of installing macOS onto your Windows 10 computer as an app.

It works like a charm with High Sierra, but before you get onto the guide, there are three little requirements that your Windows 10 computer is going to need in order for you to install the macOS onto your computer. 🙂

The minimum requirements that you are going to need are:

• a 64-Bit Computer

• at least 4GB RAM

• a Dual-Core processor

Got all of that? Splendid! Once your have got that out of the way, you can now proceed to install macOS High Sierra in VirtualBox on Windows 10.

Here are the links to the downloads that you’ll be needing to install macOS High Sierra onto your VirtualBox successfully. 🙂

Now I know what you’re thinking, “Which one of the two macOS High Sierra 10.13.6 Final download links should I download from?”

The reason why I have included two Google Drive download links for you is that, the (One Full) download link has the entire macOS High Sierra 10.13.6 Final file from Apple as one 5GB file. So if you are alright with letting your computer run all night to download the 5GB file then you can go for this

The (6 of 6) download link has the entire macOS High Sierra 10.13.6 Final file as 6 separate 1GB files, so if your internet connection is pretty weak or if you just simply want to take your time and download one by one then you can go for this. 🙂

Once, you are done with the download ‘stuff’, you can now go on with the 5 quick and simple steps below.

Install macOS High Sierra in VirtualBox on Windows 10: 5 Steps

1. Extract the Image File with Winrar or 7zip.

Step 1: Go ahead and install WinRAR. (I have included the latest (March 2018) link for WinRAR for you).

Step 2: Once you’ve done that then right click on macOS High Sierra 10.13 filethat you had downloaded.

Step 3: Then select Extract here.

Like this.

Note

Also make sure that you have enabled Virtualization in your computer’s BIOS.

Now close your VirtualBox. Then should you proceed with the next step.

5. Add Code to VirtualBox with Command Prompt (cmd).

Before you add the code into VirtualBox with your Command Prompt, you have a few little changes that you have to make to make things easier for you.

Step 1: Replace the phrase “Your Virtual Machine Name” in the code (below) with your own virtual machine name which you can find in General, then under Basic. It’s best if you copy the code below into your Notepad and thenreplace the areas where it says “Your Virtual Machine Name” with your own virtual machine name before moving on the next step.

Looks like I have figured out how to overcome this issue. In virtual machine “Settings -> General -> Basic” tab I have changed Version field from “macOS 10.13 Hight Sierra (64-bit)” to “Mac OS X (64-bit)”. After that installer started boot.

Hello everyone! It’s Dan1220 again.
Please accept my apologies for not including the following information in my last post; concerning not being able to get any audio.
I, of course, am running Windows 10 and Version 5.2.0 of Virtual Box..
Also, I’ve tried the “fixes” explained in Virtual Box’s Ticket #14361 all to no avail.

Hi, I have followed your instructions. After having added code to virtualbox, I restart virtual box. Then I clicked on start. A black screen shows up but nothing else. No fancy white codes or anything for that matter. Can you please help?
Cheers

Hi,
I was able to follow all the instructions to install. However, I received the error “This device is no longer eligible for creating an Apple ID” when signing in with my Apple ID. I assume the virtual hard drive that you provided for download comes pre-installed with MacOS High Sierra. However, would there be a way to load High Sierra from an ISO file and download it onto the virtual hard drive without having a duplicate? Thanks.

I tried several times to add the extra resolutions, but the Mac still only shows the 1024×768. I’m sure I’m missing something. Otherwise the Mac works like a charm. Just wish I could get it to use more of my highdef screen.

Jake, great tutorial. I want to be able to use the most recent version of XCode in my virtual machine, but can’t download it from the app store without High Sierra 10.13.2 or higher. The free update in the app store doesn’t work after reboot within my virtual machine. Do you think you could host 10.13.2 on your google drive at some point?

Maybe you should include a line in this guide to set the screen resolution to the resolution of the monitor you’ll be viewing the Vbox window in:
Example:
VBoxManage setextradata “macOS 10.13 High Sierra” “VBoxInternal2/EfiGraphicsResolution” “1920×1080”